Billy Riggs
Has been called “The Dr. Phil of Magic,” and “a psychologist masquerading as a comedian and magician”
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Billy Riggs uses his illusions and comedy to grip audiences, move them to action, improve attitudes, turbocharge service and sales, and change lives.
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Billy Riggs has been called “The Dr. Phil of Magic,” and “a psychologist masquerading as a comedian and magician.” He was voted one of America’s Top Five Most Entertaining Speakers in a 2014 nationwide poll of conference attendees. As a highly skilled orator Billy moves audiences to action with his message of hope and inspiration. Add in his talent as a master magician, illusionist, and spellbinding entertainer, and he delivers a presentation that audiences will remember long after the event ends. Billy’s presentations change lives, improve attitudes, turbocharge sales, and inspire exceptional service. Through television, radio, books, videos, and live keynote speeches Billy continues to spread his message and currently more than a million people on five continents have benefitted from his work. In 2010, Billy made his debut on public television starring in his own special, “The Magic of Attitude.”
Awarded the prestigious CSP designation in 2002, Billy’s skill as a professional speaker has been perfected over nearly 4 decades. Audiences find themselves so stirred by his sincerity and power on the platform that he caught the eye of the promoters of the prestigious Million Dollar Round Table and he was invited to present as a featured keynoter for their conference this year. When Billy Riggs appears, things on stage disappear, time flies, and no one leaves the room! Using Las Vegas-quality magic and illusions to drive home his points, Billy’s presentations have transformed hundreds of otherwise ordinary conferences into events that are truly special. His quick wit and quicker hands spread laughter and raise morale as listeners learn to reshape their destinies by eliminating their “Grand Illusions” and embracing even grander realities.
Billy Riggs puts the “master” in Master of Ceremonies! His commanding stage presence, clear voice and articulate, but down-to-earth style will make any meeting, fundraiser or awards ceremony run more smoothly and efficiently. To make the presentation even better, he weaves hysterical comedy routines, jokes, moving points from his speeches, funny songs and magic tricks into the program to spice up your event at just the right times. Thorough preparation is a hallmark of meetings led by Billy Riggs; he plans meticulously and arrives with a full minute-by-minute word-for-word script. But you and he will be the only ones who know the event is scripted, for he makes every line seem spontaneous and off-the-cuff. When you need your function to be fun, professional, and on time, Billy Riggs is the man of the hour.
To compete in today’s rapidly-changing marketplace, businesses must innovate or die a slow and certain death. Leaders are right to demand innovation… but many are simultaneously killing it. No one so naturally sees the world from a unique vantage point as a magician or a comedian, and Billy Riggs is both!Learn to spot the mental misconceptions, the “Grand Illusions,” that lurk in the subconscious mind to pollute the well of creativity and stifle growth. This dazzling combination of magic, comedy and message will enable you to think creatively and inspire others to do the same. You will
discover “The Magic of Innovation”. Billy Riggs is a hilarious motivational speaker and magician, and your people will talk about him the whole year!
Climb the “Leadership Pyramid” through 6 distinct stages!
Bosses are a dime a dozen; leaders are priceless. Employees obey bosses only because they fear they will be rendered more miserable if they disobey than if they obey. Morale suffers, key people depart and productivity sags. But a genuine leader inspires team members to want to do their work. Employees follow true leaders out of respect and admiration. They work out of a sense of shared ownership of goals and passion for the fulfillment of a noble mission. Learn the keys to climbing the “Leadership Pyramid” through six distinct stages – from a man who’s been to the top of the pyramid twice – and begin the rewarding journey from mere boss to leader. Better still, you’ll learn while laughing through an entertaining and fun program.
Today’s market is more highly competitive than ever before. But successful businesses know that the most effective and least expensive way to distinguish their company from the competition is to provide mind-boggling customer service. In a dazzling combination of magic and education, world-class magician Billy Riggs exposes the five grand illusions that prevent you and your staff from serving your customers in a way that keeps them coming back again and again, and reveals the secrets of rendering Positively Magical Service. You may choose a program to train frontline service providers, OR a program to train managers to inspire their frontliners to provide stellar service
The single most important factor in success is attitude. A positive attitude directly impacts the bottom line because it improves performance, reduces turnover, and decreases absenteeism. Best of all, a fabulous attitude is contagious. Help your staff embrace change with a smile, adjust to hardship with optimism, and strive to be their best each and every day by experiencing the “Magic of Attitude”! This unique and energetic combination of entertainment, comedy, and enlightenment allows world-class illusionist Billy Riggs to demonstrate how attitude and performance are inextricably linked, and motivates your staff to turn their new attitude into profitable action.
Extraordinary success is the result of extraordinary leadership. In this powerful presentation, magician Billy Riggs impresses leaders and managers with the core beliefs held by all remarkably successful leaders, and shatters the illusions that limit growth. This presentation is perfect for leadership or board training and is entertaining, motivational and highly practical. Learn how your organization can achieve the impossible from a master of the impossible!
Effective selling is the result of accurate beliefs – beliefs about the marketplace, the client, and yourself. Consequently, your greatest obstacles to stratospheric sales success are your illusions, faulty beliefs that lurk in the subconscious mind to lower self-confidence, undermine motivation, and reduce closing ratios. In this fascinating combination of classic magic, humor, and education, world-class illusionist Billy Riggs helps eliminate these psychological glass ceilings, propelling your sales force to higher sales and greater satisfaction. Billy Riggs is a hilarious motivational speaker and magician, and your people will talk about him the whole year!
False perceptions of reality, most of them buried in the subconscious mind, constitute life’s single greatest obstacle to achievement. Instilled in us by childhood experiences, these faulty assumptions reach from the past to paralyze potential. Now, in an unforgettable blend of magic and inspiration, life’s three Grand Illusions are exposed to the light of reality. This spellbinding combination of classic magic, humor, and education vanishes a lifetime of confusion!
Preventing and Recovering from Burnout Can Be a Real Trick!
The inherent danger of passion-induced work is its appetite for consuming all of life. Whether motivated by obsession or necessity, the driven worker is in jeopardy of losing family, integrity, health, and happiness. By internalizing the five core values of
- character (maintaining absolute integrity),
- intimacy (nurturing meaningful relationships with the right people),
- achievement (making steady progress toward goals that are important to you),
- positivity (demanding a positive outlook on life),
- purpose (devoting energies to a worthwhile or noble cause), you will harness the power of an integrated life and move beyond survival to success and balance. You will discover how to pursue work passionately while maintaining the joy of your work and personal life. Funny motivational speaker Billy Riggs will leave them in tears of laughter and tears of meaning
Serving others, though often thankless, is magical. Those who devote their lives to the service of others invisibly transfer hope, safety, encouragement & healing from giver to recipient. They bear no fancy title, yet they wield a power more far-reaching. Designed for audiences of healthcare workers or those who toil in people-helping jobs, law enforcement or public service, this program reinvigorates the soul and reignites a passion to make a difference. Tears of laughter overlap tears of recognition throughout this touching blend of hilarity, magic and message. Book funny motivational speaker Billy Riggs for your next conference. Your people will laugh until they cry, then leave with their hearts on fire!
Why endure one more boring safety meeting? Instead, make your next meeting come alive with funny safety speaker Billy Riggs! Safety is the result of proper belief systems – beliefs about your company, your coworkers and the importance of procedures. Internalizing these beliefs, then, is essential to turning an unsafe workplace into one where safety procedures are rigorously maintained. By formulating, nurturing, and communicating the proper belief system, you can quickly inspire and motivate employees and managers to fewer accidents and greater safety. In this hilarious, but provocative combination of classic magic, message and motivation, Billy Riggs explodes the debilitating myths that foster apathy and carelessness, and identifies the cardinal beliefs of truly safe organizations.
For those who just want fun and entertainment, master magician and comedian Billy Riggs will knock their socks off and leave them with goose bumps!
The lone constant in life is change. Improving technologies, increasingly-savvy customers and an evolving marketplace force companies and their employees into an uncomfortable choice: constant reinvention or guaranteed obsolescence. Book this program and watch morale transform, productivity rise and enthusiasm return. Discover the “Grand Illusions” (hidden misconceptions) that make change so difficult and learn to embrace it as a welcome friend, all rolled up into an unforgettable synthesis of enchantment, empowerment and entertainment.
Dazzle, encourage and inspire your network marketing organization with this entertaining and fun blend of comedy, magic and training. Billy Riggs has significant and successful MLM experience and will rejuvenate your people as never before! Dozens of MLM from Amway (5000 people) to Shaklee, huge audiences to small, have rated Billy Riggs as the best speaker they’ve ever had at their convention!
The staff and faculty of exemplary schools hold a set of core beliefs in common – beliefs about students, learning, work and themselves. Internalizing these beliefs, then, is essential to effective education. By formulating, nurturing and communicating the proper belief system, you can quickly drive your classroom, school or district to exemplary status. In this hilarious, but provocative combination of magic, message and motivation, Billy Riggs demolishes the debilitating myths that render schools ineffective, and identifies the cardinal realities of education. Custodians, teachers, office staff and administrators will be moved to tears by inspiring stories and leave with sore cheeks from laughing so much! Highly fun, deeply inspiring and completely helpful!
Remarkably effective educators hold a set of beliefs in common – beliefs about themselves, students and education. Nurturing these beliefs, then, is essential to propelling your district or school to exemplary status. In a hilarious blend of comedy and entertainment, world-class illusionist Billy Riggs (M.R.E., M.Div.) reveals the secrets of transforming the lives of students. Practical tools useful in engaging students, arousing their thirst for knowledge and holding their attention are among many practical takeaways. An inspiring and fun program, hilarious motivational speaker Billy Riggs will leave your people with sides splitting and hearts afire!
Turn your staff into a team in one fun day! (Up to 6 hours)
The DiSC™ personality profile represents the gold standard in corporate team-building. When blended with Billy Riggs’ comedic and magical skills, audience participation, and group interaction, the results are hilarious and life-changing. Transform your staff into a team in one fun day! Better yet, Billy follows up the program with weekly emails to your staff to refresh their memories and reinforce lessons learned.
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